Horstkötter GmbH & Co. KG was founded in Beckum in 1921 and is now in its 4th generation as a family business. As a leading manufacturer of technical plant engineering, we focus on conveying, silo, cleaning and drying technology for bulk materials in industry and agriculture.
In our projects, we provide our customers with intensive support from the first customer contact, through the quotation and order phase, to installation and subsequent commissioning. Even during the planning phase, we are always in close contact with our customers and discuss system concepts together using 3D visualizations. With around 70 employees and state-of-the-art machinery, our production site in Beckum also stands for a high level of vertical integration and fast response times.
In addition to complete projects, we also supply other plant manufacturers with our products for integration into their plant concepts. We have been particularly active in the plastics, wood, brewing, coffee and food industries for many years.
We have been supplying the food industry with our conveyor and storage technology since 1985. We meet the special requirements of this industry with stainless steel versions of our established conveyor technology as well as conveyor discs made of food-compliant plastics. ATEX versions of our products are also frequently used in this industry. In most cases, we supply the conveyor technology for complex, three-dimensional conveyor sections between two process steps.
In the plastics and recycling industry, we can offer systems for granulates, agglomerates or even shredded plastics. Our various conveyor systems cover a wide range of applications in this industry. Intermediate buffers in a process chain are often implemented using our storage technology. Cleaning and drying systems can also be integrated into the process. In the plastics sector, we supply subsystems or equip entire production halls with our technology.
In the feed industry we mainly use our fully automated feed mixing software. Depending on customer requirements, the software works via weight or volume dosing. In addition to conveying, dosing and trough screws, spirals and storage silos, hammer mills, vertical and horizontal mixers are also used in this industry. We offer complete grinding and dosing systems that are particularly suitable for the production of feed mixtures for traditional animal production.
For the coffee and cocoa industry, we offer solutions for conveying cocoa nibs and cocoa powder as well as coffee beans and coffee powder. Our conveyor technology makes it possible to combine several process steps with just one conveyor. The material is moved gently and can also be transported at speeds below 0.5 m/s on request. Similar to the food industry, stainless steel designs with special ATEX requirements are often used here, which are part of our daily business.
In brewery technology, we are an established supplier for the first part of the process chain from receipt of the malt to interim storage, cleaning and the mill. In addition to conveyor technology, we often use indoor or outdoor silos for malt storage and integrated big bag racks for additional components or special malt. With our wide range of system options, we offer a suitable solution for every brewery, even for seemingly difficult existing systems.
Thanks to our wide-ranging product portfolio, new applications for our technology are regularly added. In addition to the industries mentioned above, we have also implemented projects with wood pellets, sewage sludge, dust behind filter systems or other bulk materials. We evaluate each inquiry individually and decide whether we can use our standard products or whether adaptations are necessary.
